Log concavity/convexity of a determinant

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I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me determine whether the following quantity is log concave or not with respect to $\alpha$?

$$\left[\det(\textbf Y^\top \textbf P \textbf G \textbf P^\top \textbf Y + \textbf Q)\right]^{-\frac{q}{2}}$$

In the above, $\textbf Y \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times q}$, $\textbf P \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ is orthogonal, $\textbf G \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ is diagonal and $\textbf Q \in \mathbb{R}^{q \times q}$ is positive definite. Furthermore, the diagonal elements of $\textbf G$ are: $$(\textbf G)_{ii} = \frac{g}{g \lambda_{i}^{\alpha} + \lambda_{i}^{2}} \forall i \in [1,n]$$ Where $g > 0$, $\alpha \in [0,1]$ and the $\{\lambda_i\}_{i=1}^{n}$ are in the reals.

Thanks in advance!